Rule evolution

Rule 209.2

Previously numbered 208.2.

Earliest archived Rules release: 2009-10-01 · 1 wording revision · 1 renumbering

  1. Earliest archived Rules release208.2Details
    An activated ability with a loyalty symbol in its cost is a loyalty ability. Loyalty abilities follow special rules: A player may activate a loyalty ability of a permanent he or she controls any time he or she has priority and the stack is empty during a main phase of his or her turn, but only if none of that permanent's loyalty abilities have been activated that turn. See rule 606, "Loyalty Abilities."
  2. Renumbered208.2 → 209.2Details

    Previously
    2. Parts of a Card
    208. Loyalty

    Then
    2. Parts of a Card
    209. Loyalty

    An activated ability with a loyalty symbol in its cost is a loyalty ability. Loyalty abilities follow special rules: A player may activate a loyalty ability of a permanent he or she controls any time he or she has priority and the stack is empty during a main phase of his or her turn, but only if none of that permanent's loyalty abilities have been activated that turn. See rule 606, "Loyalty Abilities."
  3. Wording changed209.2Details
    An activated ability with a loyalty symbol in its cost is a loyalty ability. Loyalty abilities follow special rules: A player may activate a loyalty ability of a permanent hethey orcontrol she controls any time hethey orhave she has priority and the stack is empty during a main phase of histheir or her turn, but only if none of that permanent's loyalty abilities have been activated that turn. See rule 606, "Loyalty Abilities."

Current in the latest available Rules
Unchanged since 2026-08-07.